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The Peanut at 70 Is a Family Affair
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Description
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Article describing the past and present of The Peanut, a Kansas City bar owned by Rich and Melinda Kenny. The Kenny's proclaim that the bar at 50th and Main Street has the longest continuously renewed liquor license in Jackson County.
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2003-01
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Object Type
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Magazine
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Plaza III Restaurant
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Exterior view of the fountain and entrance to the Plaza III restaurant located in the Country Club Plaza.
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Date
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1964-11-24
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Apartment Buildings on Washington
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View looking northwest of apartment buildings at the corner of 13th and Washington streets. A sign for the Executive Inn restaurant is in view.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Dick's Down Home Cook Shop
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View of Dick's Down Home Cook Shop, located at 1521 E. 18th Street (18th and Vine).
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Date
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1929
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Object Type
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Photograph
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3203-3209 Southwest Boulevard - Last Chance Tavern (Saloon)
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View looking east of the buildings that once stood at 3203-3209 Southwest Boulevard. The Last Chance Tavern (or Saloon) at 3205 Southwest Boulevard, Goulding's, and the Last Chance Cafe are in view. Cars parked on the street can and pedestrians be seen. The state line is indicated with an arrow and the Missouri and Kansas sides are labeled.
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Date
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1939-07
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Object Type
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Photograph
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3203-3209 Southwest Boulevard - Last Chance Tavern (Saloon)
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Description
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View looking east of the buildings that once stood at 3203-3209 Southwest Boulevard. The Last Chance Tavern (or Saloon) at 3205 Southwest Boulevard, Goulding's, and the Last Chance Cafe are in view. Cars parked on the street can be seen.
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Date
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1950-04
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Object Type
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Photograph
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3203-3211 Southwest Boulevard - Last Chance Tavern (Saloon)
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View looking east of the buildings that once stood at 3203-3211 Southwest Boulevard. The Last Chance Tavern (or Saloon) at 3205 Southwest Boulevard, Goulding's, and the Last Chance Cafe are in view. Cars parked on the street can be seen.
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Date
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1950-04
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Title
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Union Station Fred Harvey Restaurant, Store, and Shops
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Description
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Interior view of Union Station showing signs for the Fred Harvey restaurant, drug store, lunch room, book shop, candy shop, and cigar shop. The entrance to the drug store is on the left hand side of the image.
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Object Type
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Photograph
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9th East from Main
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View facing east along 9th Street from its intersection with Main Street. The Waltower Building on the northeast corner of 9th and Walnut streets can be seen on the north side of the street. The Fidelity National Bank Building on the southeast corner of 9th and Walnut streets and the Union National Bank Building on the southwest corner of 9th and Walnut streets can be seen on the south side of the street. Signs for the Junction Buffet, Country Club Beer and MobilGas can be seen. Pedestrians and cars along 9th Street are in view.
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Date
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1949-06-05
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Kansas City Fire Department
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Description
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Unidentified members of fire department atop fire truck before Union Station entrance preparing to attend a breakfast given in their honor for putting out a blaze in the Harvey restaurant kitchen.
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Date
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1950-03-21
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Object Type
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Photograph
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Top of the Tower Restaurant
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Description
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Postcard showing the Top of the Tower Restaurant, once located on the 30th floor of Commerce Towers at 911 Main Street in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. The reverse side of the card reads: "Genghis Khan - a reproduction of a Mongolian tent overlooking the city from the thirtieth floor of Commerce Tower. Here you can sip a mare's milk cocktail while dipping succulent morsels of meat in your own Mongolian hot pot."
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Putsch's Cafeteria
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Description
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Unused postcard depicting the interior of Putsch's Cafeteria. The reverse side reads: "An S-shaped sofa that seats 50 is part of the dazzling decor that makes Putsch's Cafeteria a favorite place for families to dine in Kansas City, Mo. The cafeteria is one of the newest buildings of Kansas City's famous Country Club Plaza." Genuine Natural Color made by Dexter Press, Inc., West Nyack ,NY. Published by Hawkes-Terrill, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Ross' Il Pagliaccio
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Description
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Postcard showing the interior of the Il Pagliaccio Italian restaurant, once located at 600 E. 6th Street in downtown Kansas City, Missouri. A slogan on the front of the card reads: "Kansas City's Oldest and Finest Italian Restaurant." The reverse side of the card reads: "The oldest and finest Italian restaurant in Kansas City, nationally famous for Italian foods."
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Date
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1963
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Victoria Station
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Description
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Postcard showing an unidentified Victoria Station restaurant location. A slogan on the front of the card reads: "Purveyor of Prime Rib & Potable Spirits." The reverse side of the card reads: "Unique and exciting restaurants featuring Prime Rib and Potable Spirits. Dine in authentic boxcars and cabooses decorated with historical British Railway artifacts. A list of locations printed on the reverse side of the card reads: "San Francisco, Oakland, Denver, Columbus, New Orleans, Atlanta, Dallas, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Sunnyvale, Kansas City, Houston, Miami, Portland, Indianapolis."
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Date
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1974
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Title
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Milleman-Gilbert
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Description
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Unused postcard depicting the Section Main Dining Room and the Air-Vue Room on the Outside Terrace of Milleman-Gilbert, "Food-Famous Airport Restaurant." The card was produced by Harley J. Scott Company at 921 Walnut in Kansas City, Mo.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Victor Hugo Inn
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Description
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Unused postcard of the Victor Hugo Inn. The reverse side reads: "Located on Wornall at the Northwest corner of 85th, Kansas City, Missouri. The finest and most exclusive place for chicken, rainbow trout, and steak dinners. Victor Hugo has a most unusual refined and elegent (sic) homelike atmosphere where no liquors are served, just fine food. In addition to chicken, they serve and make a specialty of rainbow trout right fresh from their own Crystal Springs Hatchery in the Ozark Mts .at Cassville, Mo., where trout are scientifically fed, cared for, and shipped to the finer hotels and cafes in all part of the U.S.A. They also cater to evening and afternoon parties, also weddings. Management of Jack & Donna Wasmuth, Fine foods and service, no liquors or dancing. 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m."
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Putsch's 210
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Description
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Unused postcard of Putsch's 210 interior. The reverse side reads: "On Kansas City's famous Country Club Plaza. Offers gracious dining in a crystal and gold setting reminiscent of old New Orleans. String Trio provides dinner music nightly, with piano stylings in the cocktail lounge. Continental cuisine. Open Monday through Saturday. 210 West 47th Street."
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Object Type
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Postcard
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Lunchroom at R.S. McClintock Restaurant
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Description
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Unused postcard depicting the lunch room at the R.S. McClintock Restaurant Co., 12th and Walnut Streets, Kansas City, Mo.
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Object Type
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Postcard
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